Bland Beginning

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Bland Beginning
Harper & Brothers (US)
Publication date
1949
Media typePrint
Preceded byA Man Called Jones 

Bland Beginning is a 1949

detective novel by British writer Julian Symons.[1] It is the third and final novel in his trilogy featuring the Scotland Yard detective Chief Inspector Bland.[2]
It features Bland before he became a policeman, becoming involved in his first ever case.

Synopsis

When he buys his fiancée an engagement present of a

first edition set of poems, a young man finds himself mixed up in a case of forgery and blackmail
. To aid him he calls in the assistance of his friend Bland.

References

  1. ^ Stevenson p.25
  2. ^ Bargainnier p.220

Bibliography

  • Bargainnier, Earl F. Twelve Englishmen of Mystery. Popular Press, 1984.
  • Stevenson, W. B. Detective Fiction. Cambridge University Press, 2013.
  • Walsdorf, John J. & Allen, Bonnie J. Julian Symons: A Bibliography. Oak Knoll Press, 1996.